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Black Hammer (Single Issues)
Black Hammer #3
“An epic, gripping superhero mystery.”—Scott Snyder (Wytches)
Long before Spiral City’s greatest heroes were written out of their universe, the Martian champion Barbalien was already stranded far from home. Disguised as churchgoing Mark Markz in the timeless farming community where the heroes find themselves trapped, Barbalien faces a terrifying personal decision, even as he relives his painful past!
Long before Spiral City’s greatest heroes were written out of their universe, the Martian champion Barbalien was already stranded far from home. Disguised as churchgoing Mark Markz in the timeless farming community where the heroes find themselves trapped, Barbalien faces a terrifying personal decision, even as he relives his painful past!
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32 pages, Paperback
First published September 21, 2016
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Jeff Lemire
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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
January 12, 2018
Então, a gente tem todo esse elenco de personagens completamente diferentes não só na aparência mas também na história, personalidade e etc.
E o mais humano é justo o marciano. Ele tem conflitos internos e incertezas completamente humanas. É um personagem extremamente bem feito.
Eu to me segurando pra ler porque já sei que isso merece ser comprado em encadernado.
E o mais humano é justo o marciano. Ele tem conflitos internos e incertezas completamente humanas. É um personagem extremamente bem feito.
Eu to me segurando pra ler porque já sei que isso merece ser comprado em encadernado.
July 18, 2020
Jeff Lemire, given his awe inspiring amount of output and work ethic, tends to cover the same themes over and over again. But since I like those themes, it never feels like a problem. Black Hammer #3 covers the character Barbalien; a Martian Manhunter coded character who is repressed both by his values and his sexuality.
Which feels like a very Black Hammer thing to do. In that it's a comic about superheroes being stuck on a farm. (That's potentially the best premise I've ever heard). A gay alien is a concept that likewise brims with potential and it's an exciting thing to behold.
Having read some of Sweet Tooth these days, I find it interesting that the art in Black Hammer, while not by Lemire himself, is still modeled after something Lemire might have drawn.
The colors by Dave Stewart is so damn good and might be the shining star of this comic. Each issue of Black Hammer has the best damn vibrant color scheme that makes what could have been flat art feel ever so pungent and eye absorbing.
Black Hammer is a must read as far as I'm concerned.
Which feels like a very Black Hammer thing to do. In that it's a comic about superheroes being stuck on a farm. (That's potentially the best premise I've ever heard). A gay alien is a concept that likewise brims with potential and it's an exciting thing to behold.
Having read some of Sweet Tooth these days, I find it interesting that the art in Black Hammer, while not by Lemire himself, is still modeled after something Lemire might have drawn.
The colors by Dave Stewart is so damn good and might be the shining star of this comic. Each issue of Black Hammer has the best damn vibrant color scheme that makes what could have been flat art feel ever so pungent and eye absorbing.
Black Hammer is a must read as far as I'm concerned.
January 23, 2017
Barbalien is my favorite so far!!! His vulnerability, his humanity, his fear of being a monster just because he's so different and people fear him.
Wha--What the hell IS it!
What am I? I am a freak... A monster!
Wha--What the hell IS it!
What am I? I am a freak... A monster!
September 2, 2018
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September 21, 2016
Barbalien is officially my favorite character.
April 17, 2017
Love the nostalgic feel and the characters are growing on me with each passing page...
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